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1 Survivors Bring Word of Plane Crash in Coos Bay Wilds f , t Weather FORECAST: Continued rloud? with rain tonlitht and Tburi day. Little change In temp erature. Temp. Hlrhest Yesterday 51 Lowest this Morning 45 Prec. to i A. M. Today ........ .85 Fortieth Year Will Be First Witness W j . I . . Av .MatuiM - 1 Warrant Officer Wilbur T. Martin, Irene Mansfeldt, was scheduled to be first witness at prosecution of the San Francisco socialite who shot and killed Mrs. Martin because she sus pected her ol stealing her husband's affection. . Mrs. Mansfeldt in "Somnolentia" When Rival Killed, Says Attorney San Francisco. Nov. 28 U.R) "Somnolentia," a weird, half- waking state of mind, was pro wled tndav as the condition of i Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt i when she killed a suspected ri ! val for her husband's affections j Defense Attorney Vincent i Hallinan, in his opening re i mirin in a 1nrv of seven wo I men and five men hearing the murder trial, yesterday portray H hi. client as a Eood wife and I mother whose married life was ? haunted by the "spectre of herm itary insanity. Over prosecution objections, Hallanan outlined the strange, twisted relationship between the late Dr. Jtohn H. Mansfeldt and his wife and described what he I said was her drug-induced state when she shot and killed Mrs. Vada Martin. Drugged Involuntarily "We do not claim justifiable Vinmiridp " Hallinan said. "We are not invoking any unwritten law ... it is our contention that Mrs. Mansfeldt was intoxicated, not by liquor, but by drugs, in voluntarily taken." Hallinan said that Dr. Mans feldt had given his wife a strong sedative and "two pills with a sweet liquid" the night before she killed the attractive 38-year- old nurse with a revolver "she liadn't the vaguest Idea how to load or operate." The drug, Hallinan said, "produced a profound, unwel come sleep for Mrs. Mansfeldt a sleep so abnormal it tore loose the structure of her sub conscious mind, which like Pan dora's box had been storing away the terror and horror and fears of countless years." Semi-Consciouf "When she awakened in the morning she was suffering from a condition somnolentia in which she gave the aspects of consciousness but actually was only semi-conscious." Hallinan contended. Earlier. Hallinan had describ ed a "dreadful dance of insan ity" that dominated Mrs. Mans feldt's existence before and dur ing her marriaee. Tracing her life from the age of 15, when she allegedly dis- i Favoritism Shown Son of General Is Congress Charge Washington, Nov. 28 (U.R) Discharge of a general's son so that he could return to pre medical school brought a con gressional demand today for the immediate discharge of all medi cal and pre-medical students. Pep. Paul J. Kilday. D., Tex., said Marine Corps Pvt. Jack MacNider. son of Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider. was not en titled to release under the point system and that the preference given hirr will be "deeply re sented." MacNider was released yesterday at his father's request. Meanwhile, marine corps i headouarters declined comment f on General Douglas MacArth ur's statement in Tokyo that he had not requested MacNider's discharge. The marine corps said yester day that MacNider was dis- M United Press (Acme Tclephoto) shown sitting stolidly behind Mrs. covered her father having an affair with her mother's sister, Hallinan depicted the "neurotic, unnatural" surroundings of the Mansfeldt home. Hallinan said the onetime raisin festival beauty queen, "a young girl, distinguished by beauty who comes as near as wo men ever come to possessing the best human traits of genius, married into a family dominated by Eva Mansfeldt, her husband's mother, who now is confined to a. mental institution. BITTER FIGHTING RAGES IN CHINA Chungking, Nov. 28 (U.R) Bitter fighting in China's civil war was reported raging today near the Chinese coast between Tsingtao and Shanghai and in southern Hopei province hun dreds of miles south of General issimo Chaing Kai-Shek's armies advancing into Manchuria. 1 The central news agency said communist troops were fiercely attacking the government-held town of Hanchuang on a rail road between China's coast and the interior. 30 miles north of Hsuchow. The town is on the border between important Shan tung province and swampy coastal Kiangsu, over most of which communists claim con trol. The news agency also said Lcommunists far in the interior had occupied Fiehsiang in Hopci after three months' fighting. RETURNEES EACE Seattle. Nov. 28 (U.R) Thousands of servicemen, re turning from the Pacific, today faced the gloomy prospect of be ing stranded on the west coast during Christmas, unable to get to their homes because of in adequate transportation, the 13th naval district announced. A report from the commander of the western sea frontier to the chief of naval operations, a copy of which was released here, described the situation as "critical." the navy said. "The average daily intake of military personnel at west coast ports has been increasing stead ily month to month, and the peak will be reached about Dec. 5-20, when the daily aver age will reach an estimated 16.702 per day,' 'the report said. ANTI-BRITISH FEELING WORRIES U.S. VISITOR London, Nov. 28 U.R Lab orite Rhys Davies returned to commons after a two-month tour of the United States today tnd told his fellow MP's he vas "rathe disturbed" at finding anti-British feeling in many sec tions of America, especially west EDFORD Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESD.A OF NAZI GRAY FOX TOLDJHRIAL Von Papen Said Seizure of Southeastern Europe Was Planned Long Before War Nuernberg, Nov. 28 OJ.R) Franz Von Papen, bland "Gray Fox" of German diplomacy, heard himself accused by an American diplomat today of boasting long before the war that the nazis were bent on seizing control of all southeast ern Europe, and nothing could stop them. Allied war crimes prosecutors struck a telling blow for their conspiracy charge against nazi leaders with presentation of an affidavit by George Messer smith, U. S. diplomat formerly stationed in Berlin and Vienna. Austria First The Austrian Anschluss was presented as the first move by the nazis to engulf the entire Balkan area. Messersmith said nazi leaders had maintained openly for years that they would seize Austria by "what ever means necessary." Von Papen, one of the nazi defendants, grimaced wryly, his face reddened, and he wagged his head as Prosecutor Sidney Alderman read the affidavit by Messersmith, now U. S. ambas sador in Mexico City. Messersmith's affidavit said regarding a meeting with Von Papen: "He blandly and directly said that getting control of Austria was to be the first step. He def initely stated he was in Aus tria to weaken and undermine the Austrian government and to work from Vienna toward weakening the governments of other states in the south and southeast. Revelation Shocked Messersmith expressed him self to Von Papen as shocked by these revelations, but the nazi merely smiled, and said the con versation was between them. Medical reports submitted to the international war crimes tribunal said that Rudplf Hess has resisted all efforts to cure his amnesia and refused, to un dergo voluntary treatment until his trial is finished. OEEP SEA DIVER F First Creek, Wash., Nov. 28 (U.R) A deep-sea diVer from Seattle, Walter McCray, today arrived at Lake Chelan to di rect navy divers in their quest for a school bus that Monday plunged into the icy lake with 15 students and an adult driver. Two of the students' bodies have been recovered. The bus is estimated to lie in 300 to 400 feet of water, and a buoy marks the spot where ear lier investigation had tentative ly located the bus. McCray said the divers first would hunt for the exact spot by dragging the lake with cables. If it's possible to snag it with cables, the bus will be pulled to shallower water 100 to 200 feet. AMERICAN THIRST STILL UNDER 1942 Washington. Nov. 28 (U.R) Americans had a heavier thirst last year than the year before but they still drank far less than in 1942 the last year in which unlimited whiskey pro duction was permitted. Allied Liquor Industries. Inc.. a beverage trade organization. reached deep into its statistical i grab-bag today and came upi with the fact that the average j American (counting men, wo men and children) drank 1.26 gallons of liquor in 1944. I The figures are based on the country's total population, since there is no way to separate ! drinkers from non-drinkers. ! Buy Victory Bonds keep; Victory Bond they will keep O A p; :,is iter supply in Reservoir Break Dangers Health, Closes Schools Astoria Lashed by Gale. Portland, Ore., Nov. 28 4U.R) One of the worst storms in years was whipping the Pacific northwest today, causing untold damage to communications and property. The coastal communities of Coos Bay and North Bend, in the heart of the fierce rain and wind storm, were without water due to the breaking of the Coos Bay city reservoir under heavy water pressure. The reservoir supplies both Coos Bay and North Bend. Health Dangered Officials of both communities advised residents to take every precaution to safeguard health during an expected two or three days without water. Public schools in the area were closed today and school officials said they would be kept closed until water could be re stored to the stricken communi ties. The city of North Bend had only a three hour supply of water left in an auxiliary reser voir and it was being saved for emergency purposes. Astoria Gale-Lashed Elsewhere In Oregon and parts of southern Washington the storm was bringing rivers to near flood stages. At Astoria. Ore., nestling at the mouth of the Columbia river, . gale winds were reported whipping IK miles an hour. Numerous highways through out Oregon were closed by slides and rising waters which covered some highways. Washington, Nov; 28 U.R) Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, D., Colo., told the senate today that the United Slates "is drifting toward war with Russia with with certainty and speed." Johnson asserted that "A com bination of suspicion, bluff and appeasement brought on war with Japan," and added:, "Today we are trying to bluff Russia with conscription of 'teen-aged boys but we are only fooling ourselves. Russia knows that we are waving an empty pistol by our conscription prat tle and their contempt for us must grow with each passing hour. Panic action, apeasement and defeatism must certainly end in disaster." Johnson made his prediction as the senate continued debate on legislation detailing U. S. obligations as a member of the United Nations organization. JAVA EVACUATION IS URGED BY RED CROSS Bat a via, Nov. 28 U.R Evacuation of 200.000 Euro-1 peans and Eurasians from Java was urged by the Batavia Red Cross society today as fighting continued between British and Indonesian forces. Allen Judwo'lh, chairman of the society, said these people were facing the danger of mas sacre and were enduring the sickness and misery of three and a half year's internment. Yamashita Denies Responsibility In Manila Death and Destruction Manila. Nov. 28 U.R Gen. i decided In mid-December, 1944 Tomoyuki Yamashita testified j not to defend Manila and or in his defense today that he did not order the destruction of Manila and swore that he "ab solutely" did not order the kill ing of civilians or prisoners-of-war. As the 60-year-old "Tiger of Malaya" protested innocence be fore the military commission trying him, the Philippines su preme court denied his habeas corpus petition challenging Gen. MacArthur's authority to order war crimes trials. -MBER 28, 1945. Secretary Byrnes Reveals Details Of Hurley's Displeasure; Leaks in State Department Among Irritants Washington, Nov. 28 (U.R) Secretary of State James F. Byrnes declared today that Patrick J. Hurley would have had the state department's complete backing if he had continued in his post as U. S. ambassador to China, Hurley resigned yesterday with the charge that career diplo mats in the state department had sabotaged his attempts to unify now warring factions in China on a democratic basis. He did not then identify the diplomats he had in mind. Ready To Name Names i Hurley's friends made it clear, however, that he was ready to name names and pile details on details- before a congressional committee. It appeared a cer tainty that either the house or senate would investigate his charges. President Truman, meanwhile, conferred with Gen. George C. Marshall, former army chief of staff, who will be his personal envoy to China. Marshall will succeed Hurley in China at least temporarily. Byrnes said at a press con ference that before Hurley re signed, he was given a definite guarantee that he would have the full backing of the secretary if he stayed in the post and that any career functionaries who in terferrcd with his work would be removed or recalled. Speeches Rankled But Hurley, Byrnes continued, became incensed by speeches In congress which the ambassador charged were proof of informa tion leaks in the state depart ment. The speech which angered Hurley most was made by Rep. Hugh DeLacy, D., Wash., who said the ambassador had caused dissension between the Chinese central and communist govern ments. Byrnes said the career diplo mats whose activities displeas ed Hurley were' George Atche son and John Service. They sub sequently were recalled from China" and are luSto taN Tokyo on the state department's advis ory staff to Gen. Douglas Mnc Arthur. Byrnes said Hurley objected to a report which Atcheson stnt the department from Chungking while Hurley was in the United States on leave. In that report, Byrnes said, Atcheson ouili.ied a plan to promote unity in China. Hurley found statements in it to which he objected on the basis of policy, Byrnes said. Sydney, Nov. 28 (U.R) The Sydney Sun reported from Ra baul today that the Americans are dumping into the sea or de stroying equipment and sup plies worth millions of dollars as they abandon their Pacific Island bases. A Rabaul dispatch quoted Australian officers in the Ad miralties as saying 200 Hellcat fighters, many of which had not been uncratrd, were dumped in to the sea there. At Finschhafcn, New Guinea, it said, rafts laden with Jeeps put out to sea and Jettisoned. Bargeloads of jeeps also were reported thrown into the sea at Jacquinot bay. "The destruction is staggering in scope and thoroughness," the dispatch to the Sun said. "But the American argument is that if the gear is shipped home, it would be merely transferring a Junk heap from one place to an other." Washington, Nov. 28 U.R Rep. Robert Ramspeck, D., Ga., who is resigning from congress, will be succeeded as house democratic whip by Rep. John J. Sparkman, D., Ala. dered his troops to take to the hills to fight a delaying action. The rape of the city, he inferred, was committed by navy troops not under his command. He said he never heard di rectly of mistreatment of civil ians in Manila although Tokyo once advised him of a Spanish protest against mistreatment of Spanish citizens in the city. "I did not order the destruc tion of Manila and I absolutely never ordered the raping of Tribun United Press Full Editorial Comment By United Press PORTLAND OREGONIAN What a breath of fresh air this is . . . Let's have what Mr. Hur ley wants, an American policy . . That policy should be made de finite and inflexible, and known to all. PORTLAND JOURNAL The Hurley resignation bluntly de clares that all is not well in China, which we knew, but also that the diplomatic exploitation of China by the career diplomacy of foreign powers, including our own, is not at an end. This must be looked into. We want to tec China able to stand alone a feat only possible under orderly, central government. NEW YORK TIMES For the present, the net effect . . . must be to increase current confusion about our policy in China, and at the same time emphasize the need of a new statement, either by the president himself or by Mr. Byrnes, which will clear the air. NEW YORK HERALD TRI BUNE His resignation from his post in China is to be wel comed ... It is a dangerous statement, Just as Mr. Hurley's policies in China were danger ous for it Is likely to Increase Russian suspicions of America's actions in the Orient. NEW YORK DAILY MIRROR If half his charges can be supported, our state deartmcnt needs a shakeup. THE DAILY W O R K E R Essentially the voice of those American imperialists who are openly anti-soviet and call everything democratic In Eur ope and Asia a manifestation of "communist imperialism." SAN FRANCISCO CHRON ICLE "An intolerable condi tion exists if, as Hurley charges, subordinates work directly against the policies declared by their chiefs , , , such a condition is not one to be cured by merely changing secretaries of state or under or assistant secretaries. CHINESElION U.S. PATROL SHIP Shanghai, Nov. 28 (UP American naval headquarters an nounced today that the Ameri can patrol vessel 134 was fired upon yesterday, presumably by communists, while on convoy duty in the Yangtze river. Rear Admiral Charles T. Joy, commander of the Yangtze pa trol, said the craft was filed upon by small arms from the shore at a point eight ir.ilcs above Klchau while in a small convoy returning from Hankow. The craft returned the lire with Its 20-millimetcr cannon. There were no American casual tics. A similar Incident Involving another patrol craft occurred Oct. 23. The top commanders of the American army and navy In china departed for Chungking today to confer with Generalis simo Chiang Kai-Shek about tnc future of American forces in North China. Renegade Britisher Sentenced to Death London, Nov. 28 (U.R) John Amcry, renegade son of the for mer secretary of state for India, was sentenced to death today on charges of high treason and treachery for broadcasting nazi propaganda from Berlin. Amery pleaded guilty to ciHht counts in a brief trial at the Old Bailey, He was sentenced only eight minutes after pleading E Leased Wlra NO. 212. Resigns (Arm lelephalat Pictured In his office shortly aftei he announced his resignation as U S. ambassador to China Is Patrick J Hurley, who bitterly criticized the "professional" diplomats of th State Department, charging that they are sabotaging the basic prin ciples of American foreign policy. FAVOR OF STRIKE By United Press Early returns in the 650,000 United Steelworkers (CIO) strike vote indicated today that the workers favor a strike to sup port their demand for a $2 a day wage increase. Voting was heavy in the 27 states involved. Union officials predicted an overwhelming ma jority In favor of a strike. Official returns from five small plants in western Penn sylvania gave a margin of a little less than two-to-one In-favor of a stoppage, but unofficial returns from two small eastern Pennsylvania plants gave a mar gin of nine to one in favor of a strike. Polling places were set up near 766 plants in 27 states at an estimated cost of $300,000 to National Labor Relations board although the United Steel Workers (CIO) was assured that demands for a $2-a-day blanket pay boost would be endorsed. The trade magazine Iron Age admitted that an industrywide steel strike appeared inevitable but predicted t h e walkout would not take place before the first of the year. Government and United Au tomobile Workers (CIO) officials began conferring in Washington today as the General Motors tie up, involving 175,000 strikers, entered its second week. November Rainfall Far Above Normal Twenty-two days of cloudy skies and rain and precipitation for the month thus far measur ing more than twice the nonixil 2 34 inches mark an unusual November in the valley, accord ing to reports from the United States weather bureau. Precipi tation measuring .1)7 inches from midnight to midnight yesterday was highest recorded for the month. Comparison over the years shows an even greater amount of rainfall In past Novembers with 8.62 inches in November, 1942; 5.70 In 1937 and 3.14 last year. SHOE CEILING INCREASE TOO SMALL SAY MAKERS Washington, Nov. 28 U.R Shoe manufacturers today label ed "unsatisfactory" the 4'i per cent price ceiling increase grant ed them by the OI'A but said they would accept it to avoid further delay in setting prices. The OPA last night announced shoe manufacturers would be al lowed the ceiling boost sometime next month. It added that re tail ceilings would not Le set until it had studied distributors' costs and earnings and discussed the question with the trade at a meeting here Dec. 11 and 12. FLY FLU VACCINE San Francisco, Nov. 2B (UR) A total of 1,000,000 individual doses of anti-influenza vaccine are being flown to London from Australia by the Royal Air force to combat influenza in Great Britain, Melbourne radio said U'i ' 1 REACH LOG CAMP TO REPORT FALL Rescuers Start Into Isolated Storm Wracked Area; At Least 13 Men Aboard. Coot Bay, Ore.. Not. 28 Five airmen, passengers and members of the crew of a C-46 transport plane that crashed In the rugged Oregon woods near here lat Monday, were found today alive and well. These turvivort reported 12 men were aboard the trans port Eleven managed to bail out but it was not ascer tained whether Capt. Hugh B. McMullen, Kansas City, Kan., pilot of the plane, had es caped. The remaining men are be lieved wandering somewhere in the dense woods. Coos Bay, Ore., Nov. 28 (U.R) Army authorities today identi fied reports of a crashed plana on the Oregon coast as the miss ing C-46 cargo plane which-crash-landed Monday with at least 13, possibly 15, men aboard. Rescue parties started into the mountain wilderness after two army fliers stumbled into a logging camp with an incoher ent account of the crash. One of the worst storms in many yean has blanketed the coastal area all week and the doctors, nurses end loggers were not expected to reach the wreck until tonight, Wander Two Days The Portland army air base said the big plane had six air men aboard when it left on a routine flight from Sedalia, Mo., to McChord Field, Wash. Several stops were made en route and army officials said there were additional "hitchhikers" aboard when it took off from Oakland Monday. The two fliers wandered two. days in the rugged Coos Bay forest country seeking help be fore they reached a lumber camp 14 miles from Coos Bay. They related that 13 of their com panions were dead or near death in the wreckage. Army officials at McChord, Portland and San Francisco wera at a loss to explain earlier this week how the plane veered so far off course during the storm. I reached McChord Field but could not land, was directed to Spokane and then Pendleton, Ore., 300 miles inland. Later, by radio "fixes", it was established the plane was over the ocean and the men were preparing to bail out. In Isolated Spot State police estimated, from the story of the two survivore questioned, the plane actually crashed some SO miles east of Coos Bay, and about 200 miles south of Portland. It is one of the most isolated areas of the west. Portland army officials said the two survivors were not sure whether some or all of the men parachuted or went down with the plane. One victim was sup posed to be hanging in his para chute from a tree. The first party of relief work ers left Coos Bay last night and the army was dispatching an other today. Their progress was impeded by washed out bridges, fallen trees over logging roads, torrential rain and coastal gales. First contact with the sup'iv ors was near Alleghany on the Coos river and their aiuues checked that the plane was down in the Bear Creek region. Five Identified Sedalia officials identified five of the fliers yesterday, as fol lows: Capt. Hugh B. McMullen, Kansas City, Kan., pilot; Capt. Harlow A. Marsh, Syracuse, N. Y co pilot; 1st Lt. Vincent V. Hannah, Big Timber, Mont.: Pfc. Walter A. Smoyer, Bethlehem, Pa., and Sgt. Robert T. W. Neal, Los Angeles. It could not determine Imme diately whether the two airmen struggling into the logging camp were from the plane's original crew or from the passengers. One was in hysterical condi tion. EDUCATOR DIES Williamstown, Mass., Nov. 28 (U.R) Dr. Omera Floyd Long, 75. of Evanston, 111., professor emeritus at Northwestern Uni versity and a charter member of the Big Ten conference execu tive council, died unexpectedly of heart disease yesterday at the home of relatives here. Victory Loan Drive "E" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to Date $201,131 Remainder to sell $313,869
